Biography

Prior to joining Goizueta Business School in June 2007, Shawn Davis was on the accounting faculty of the Olin School of Business at Washington University. Davis currently serves as a faculty research fellow for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Washington, DC. Her research interests include audit judgment and decision-making, and experimental and capital markets research.

Publications

• “The auditor’s reporting model,” Accounting Horizons, forthcoming, with B.K. Church and S. McCracken.
• “The impact of nonaudit service fee levels on investors' perceptions of auditor independence,” Behavioral Research in Accounting, forthcoming, with D. Hollie.
• “IDEC pharmaceuticals,” in Cases in Strategic-Systems Auditing, T.B. Bell and I. Solomon, eds, 2002, with R. King

Working Papers

• “Does the disclosure of auditor materiality thresholds matter to investors: evidence from experimental markets,” working paper.
• “Social distance, trust and reciprocity,” working paper, with L. Ackert and B.K. Church.
• “Social norms and managerial capabilities,” working paper, with B.K. Church and P. Zhang.

Areas of Specialization

• Auditing
• Managerial accounting
• Financial accounting
• Experimental economics

Achievements and Honors

• Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Award, American Accounting Association, 2005
• PwC Research Grant, 2007
• KPMG Research Grant, 1998 and 2002
• Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting Laurel Fellow
• KPMG Foundation Doctoral Fellow
• Washington University Chancellor's Doctoral Fellow
• University of Illinois Management Leadership Grant

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American Accounting Association
• Board of Directors Association
• Georgia Society of CPAs
• Ad hoc reviewer for Contemporary Accounting Research
• Ad hoc reviewer for Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory
• Ad hoc reviewer for Behavioral Research in Accounting
• Ad hoc reviewer for Issues in Accounting Education

Academic Background
PhD, Washington University (St. Louis)
MBA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MAS, accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BBA (summa cum laude), Jackson State University